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^Yeah, the visuals really did go through an overhaul. Anyways, you can find some more info here. Interestingly, the screenshots also show a 4th character in Adol's party who hasn't gotten any info yet. But more importantly than that: Where's Dogi!?

^But Dogi DID appear in the previous versions. Mind you, it's been a good while since I last played either Dawn or Mask, but I definitely recall him appearing about halfway through both games to help out Adol (you know, classic wall crushing entrance and all ). That being said, if Celceta really does follow after its predecessors to some degree, then I suppose this would mean that Dogi will end up as a late addition to the party....

Considering neither games are the "real" version since Falcom outsourced (I haven't played that far to see Dogi's entrance, I admit, and I barely remember the games) both, I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't appear at all.

It does.
I'm personally hoping for a Steam release, however. Tom/Wyrdwad from XSEED has said that it is a thing they could possibly release at some point, but they're not sure right now. This also applies for Ys I & II.

It does.
I'm personally hoping for a Steam release, however. Tom/Wyrdwad from XSEED has said that it is a thing they could possibly release at some point, but they're not sure right now. This also applies for Ys I & II.

lol yeah, I saw that yesterday. Oh Falcom and their wacky engrish subtitles! Still, I pretty much figure that once Xseed picks this up, they'll stick with the "Sea of Trees" subtitle since it's much less confusing.

Anyway, going back to the Dogi appearance thing: I think something else to keep in mind is that, unless Falcom decided to flat-out retcon Celceta's story altogether, this game should take place before Felghana, chronologically. So that would mean that our wall-crushing shouldn't really have a reason to sit out on this adventure.....

Is the theme a really heavily rearranged THE DAWN OF YS? I can't tell. Sounds original, actually. Rather disappointed. They had a perfectly good arrangement of THE DAWN OF YS on jdk Band's 2008 album. Why not use that?

It's a good OP, but I'm not really feeling it for some reason. Might be because this time there's more animation than usual and it just looks really cheap, since they've gone full-on Flash animation action. Previous OPs were basically just stills of characters and beautiful vistas with minimal animation.
The song is rather uninspired too in my opinion. I think they should go for something slower and different again (Ys I/Kefin/Felghana style) for their next outing. These TO MAKE THE END OF BATTLE imitations are epic only so many times.

^Eh, the OP isn't bad, IMO. And yeah, the theme does sound like a new one. Honestly, I would've preferred the Dawn of Ys arrangement myself, but I think this one does the job nicely. But then again, maybe the Falcom JDK Band was too focused on the OST for the PSP's Nayuta to make Celceta's new music sound even MORE awesome.

BTW, I hope Celceta has the option to switch between different versions of the soundtrack like Chronicles and Felghana did (so we could switch between the PCE and SNES versions of the OST)....

^Veeeeeery nice. Great, smooth action, as I'd expect. AND not to mention that Falcom's other action game Trails of Nayuta comes out this week (which I've already pre-ordered! ). However, since I have yet to acquire a Vita (and I probably won't for a while), I suppose I'll be content just waiting for Xseed's inevitable localization announcement for Ys Celceta.....

Well, this game was released quite recently in Japan, so I think that warrants a bump, methinks. Unfortunately, I don't have a Vita right now, nor would I be able to import this anytime soon due to my limited funds. But hey, if there's anyone around these parts who DOES have the game now, feel free to share your impressions (sans spoilers, naturally)!

Also, found a rather interesting interview here. Interestingly, they bring up the fact that Dogi isn't around during the start of the game (unlike the previous 16-bit versions), but they didn't exactly say that he wouldn't appear in the game, either. I sure hope he does, though..... IMO, it wouldn't feel quite like a complete Ys game without the wall-crusher.....

Yep, really glad to finally see confirmation of this coming overseas (as well as Killer is Dead). Sadly they still haven't said anything yet about Nayuta (or Sora SC), but I've still got my fingers crossed.....